# Navantia

> <p><strong>Ownership:</strong> State-owned shipbuilder, fully owned by SEPI (Spanish state holding)<br><strong>Known for:</strong> Madrid-headquartered with shipyards across Spain (Ferrol, Cartagena, Cádiz). Frigates, submarines (S-80), patrol vessels for the Spanish Navy and export customers (Australia, Norway, Saudi Arabia). Europe's third-largest defence shipbuilder after Naval Group (France) and Fincantieri (Italy). The S-80 submarine programme had famous early problems but the export business has been more successful than the Spanish-Navy programmes.<br><a href="https://www.navantia.es">https://www.navantia.es</a></p>

https://www.navantia.es
